Ding, Dong Comment Count

Brian

So I'm doing the Memorial Day thing and as such am almost completely out of pocket. I'm typing on a phone and therefore can't do various things I otherwise would do. Like link. Sorry in advance.

Preliminaries out of the way: wow. Ding, dong. /brucecampbellvoice. Tressel's dead, Ohio State won't have a new coach until November, when the Buckeye season will end no matter their record, and there's an SI story coming out in the next day or so that will apparently explain the sudden shift from "I hope he doesn't fire me" to dead man. In all likelihood that will contain details that put USC level sanctions on the table. In the interregnum in Columbus, shiny friendly not about to get cratered Brady Hoke will be in ur base stealing ur recruits. Full analysis tomorrow when I've got a computer and the SI story. Someone find a good place to get a Dispatch style count up clock in the meantime.

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mgobobcat

May 30th, 2011 at 2:39 PM ^

Vest in peace.

Hasta la vesta, baby!

 

Thanks, Twitter. 

 

In celebration, I'm going to go tan on Elbel field, while staring at the Big House and thinking, "soon". Federal holidays, yeah!

MGoStrength

May 30th, 2011 at 2:55 PM ^

About f'in time.  It sure would have been nice to beat him, but since we couldn't, I'll take getting him out any way I can.  So long to the worst decade of being a UM fan I've seen in my lifetime.

Heinous Wagner

May 30th, 2011 at 3:22 PM ^

Was having lunch with friends in a deserted Ann Arbor restaurant yesterday and said of the OSU situation, "The fish are beginning to rot." But I didn't know it would happen this fast.

I would rather not gloat over the demise of an enemy. I'd rather reflect on what happens to a program, a university, a fan base that loses its balance and resorts to winning at all costs - and that equates college football with life itself. There is a direct link between photos of a Bucknuts fan father-and-son, both in buckeye nut necklaces, weeping piteously after an upset loss, to the kind of revelations that are only beginning to come out. 

Be satisfied that justice is apparently being done. But be vigilant not to lose our balance so that we don't fall as well. 

nyc_wolverines

May 30th, 2011 at 4:25 PM ^

Musberger on the ESPN clip "I would have been proud to have my son play for Tressel" ... "... I am sure Tressel got a very nice severance" .... "I would like to see him catch on at the next level..."

 

Herbie ".,...Nothing personal ever against Tressel, just a withholding of information."

 

I am disgusted at the moral equivocation of the media. Musberger, bum.

 

 

bronxblue

May 30th, 2011 at 4:46 PM ^

Just got back from a family trip - figured it would happen sometime, but kind of a wussy way out to announce on Memorial Day when people are out.  Still, saw some very funny takes at a couple of sites following the story:

Deadspin - "The resignation is almost done; they just have to dot the i's."

and 

Not sure where, maybe deadspin or espn - Seems appropos that Tressel announced his resgination on a weekend that goes for 3.

Should be interesting to see how this affects recruiting, as I'm sure his resignation will have an effect on who decides to honor his oral commitments and/or sign with OSU.  If I'm OSU, though, I'm probably telling whoever is willing to listen that Meyer (or someone of that stature) is the next coach they will seek out, lest they want to lose a significant number of kids who weren't envisioning playing for a temporary coach who is then replaced by someone like Dantonio or "semi-hot defensive coordinator" de-jeur.  

BRCE

May 30th, 2011 at 5:11 PM ^

We do NOT want Ohio State missing a bowl this season. That would mean the sanctions came very quickly. In terms of recruiting, the slower the better.

I don't want Fickell sitting in Adolphus Washington's living room and saying "Yes, we have a bowl ban but it will never affect you."

Eye of the Tiger

May 30th, 2011 at 8:47 PM ^

Obviously Tressel's sketchy behavior didn't begin with TP, but boy did that kid drag his coach down with him.  

It's been said before, but it needs being said again: as painful and embarrassing as the past 3 years have been, I am very, very glad he did not come to Michigan, and that instead we got a humble kid with strong ethics as our quarterback.  

ActionStartsWithAC

May 31st, 2011 at 9:20 AM ^

Bucknuts is reporting that TP showed up to practice yesterday in a Nissan 300Z with temporary tags!  Everyday there is further evidence that all things happen for a reason...TP goes to OSU instead of M, and assists with the implosion of their program.